Jenifer Lewis on Bette Midler, Shangela & Mother of Black Hollywood

Hot Takes & Deep Dives

Jess Rothschild

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🗓️ 29 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Jess is joined by the powerhouse Mother of Black Hollywood, the one and only Jenifer Lewis! Jenifer discusses living with DRAG RACE's Shangela (aka DJ Pierce) for 10 years, working with Bette Midler as a Harlette at the height of Bette's career, Whitney Houston and putting a con artist behind bars. Plus, appearing as the first Black person on FRIENDS, working with Molly Shannon and Matt Rogers on I LOVE THAT FOR YOU and a lot more!

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Hot Takes and Deep Dives and my next guest is one of the most irreverent
0:20.4	and uniquely talented performers on stage and screen.
0:24.0	You might know her from Blackish, Sister Act, I love that for you, but I believe her most
0:29.0	Raw and Honest performances are in her two memoirs, The Mother of Black Hollywood and
0:34.0	The Brand New Walking in my Joy.
0:36.2	Please welcome to the stage Jennifer Motherfucking Lewis.
0:40.0	Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
0:42.0	You're so cute.
0:43.6	It's Jennifer Motherfucking.
0:45.5	Hiya!
0:46.5	How many people you know change the middle name from Jeanette to Motherfucking?
0:53.2	How are you?
0:54.2	I'm so good, you know.
0:56.3	I just got my star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1:00.4	Here it is, you know I got it here girl.
1:03.2	She's literally holding up the star of Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1:07.0	And you know what, Jess, in my speech when I accepted it, what I did say was the work,
1:15.2	the true work that I did was not on stage or on camera.
1:20.4	It was off stage that I had the courage and the strength to deal with my bipolar disorder
1:28.4	and because of that work, here I am today, kind of sitting on top of the world, far from
1:34.7	perfect.
1:35.7	I mean you really wear your entire life, that your personal life on your sleeve and that
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